Spring Break week has begun for 122 of Alabama’s 135 school districts. Six districts are out next week, and another six districts the week of April 14, 2014. Pike County students were out for Spring Break the week of March 10.

You know how much I like maps, right? So here’s a map of who is on Spring Break when. Colors indicate those with the same dates.

[While I finally figured out how to add Alabaster City, Satsuma City, and Chickasaw City districts to the map, I haven’t quite gotten the layer thing figured out. If anyone can offer any help, I’m all ears.]

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Thanks, James! It was really bugging me to not include the newest city systems in the maps. I use Google Fusion tables to put the data and the map together through the “merge” function. I got the map files from the U.S. Census Bureau’s “TIGERFiles” shapefiles. I finally figured out that I could pull the city shapefiles from the Bureau also, and add them to the district table. But I don’t know how to “subtract” that area from the district from which it separated. I am finishing a post about tools for gathering and sharing information and I will give links and details about creating the maps. It’s not complicated, but I went down a lot of rabbit holes before I found all of the components I needed. I’m hoping to publish that post tomorrow (Friday). You have good timing.

Thanks, James! It was really bugging me to not include the newest city systems in the maps. I use Google Fusion tables to put the data and the map together through the "merge" function. I got the map files from the U.S. Census Bureau's "TIGERFiles" shapefiles. I finally figured out that I could pull the city shapefiles from the Bureau also, and add them to the district table. But I don't know how to "subtract" that area from the district from which it separated. I am finishing a post about tools for gathering and sharing information and I will give links and details about creating the maps. It's not complicated, but I went down a lot of rabbit holes before I found all of the components I needed. I'm hoping to publish that post tomorrow (Friday). You have good timing.

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